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[King Zultan]

I know how you feel. Had to fix the fence the other day because the deer took it out, one of the mares was out eating the neighbors lawn. All our mares are fence crawlers, electric fence mandatory. Ducky's dumb ass gets himself caught in the fence if he tries to crawl through, so he just stands there and winnies at them to come back

Can you set up a small corral to pen them in for a few days while you get the fence up? We've had to do that too

Glad I'm not the only one having to do this stuff, and as much as I'd like to corral them I can't as the area that'd work for that is in pretty bad shape as well and I'd need to leave them there for over a week at least, since the fence I working on is around 17 to 19 years old and is definitely showing it so I'm having to go along the entire thing and pull down the wire and pull up the posts then go back and put everything back together, and I'd so much further along if they'd leave what I've finished alone.

[Frumple]

... could you, like, coat the finished fencing in something they dislike? Spray it down with mace or somethin'. Lean something they wouldn't bother in front of it, stuff like that.

[Vector]

streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssed.

[Eric Blank]

... could you, like, coat the finished fencing in something they dislike? Spray it down with mace or somethin'. Lean something they wouldn't bother in front of it, stuff like that.

Determined horse crawlers wont abide by anything other than boards they physically cant break through or electrical shocks from a fencer, which requires a fence complete enough to complete a circuit (you don't want it dumping straight to ground unless its designed to) Ive had luck in the past putting plastic bags on the fence, briefly. Then they tore them up and ate them. There don't appear to be any repellents that work on horses, they're too smart and also too stupid. They might decide they like the taste of mace, like they like it when you reach out and slap them on the ass instead of moving put of the way like you want them to.

[MrRoboto75]

Had like five customers be rude to me because existing as an autist just pisses them off I guess.  It's borderline daily at this point, and frankly customers just get worse and worse every year I waste in this "career".

I'd go someplace not customer service but HRs' computer algorithm decided no human being should read my resume.  The only escape is the grave.

[dragdeler]

I hope for you that you are at least able to put some money on the side, you're the normal person they're the sons of bitches.

It does keep getting worse, as if you can smell the game of musical chairs in the air, more cars, more people, more consoom, more sticky air, more bad mood.

[King Zultan]

... could you, like, coat the finished fencing in something they dislike? Spray it down with mace or somethin'. Lean something they wouldn't bother in front of it, stuff like that.

I've yet to find something that they don't like enough to not mess with it, and as far as leaning stuff against it they ether knock it down or stomp it flat eventually, that even includes the metal fencing panels that are supposedly made for cattle and I've noticed they can stomp those things until they're bent up piles of crap after a few years. Also not even barbed wire keeps them in place as I've watched them use that stuff to scratch their asses.

Determined horse crawlers wont abide by anything other than boards they physically cant break through or electrical shocks from a fencer, which requires a fence complete enough to complete a circuit (you don't want it dumping straight to ground unless its designed to) Ive had luck in the past putting plastic bags on the fence, briefly. Then they tore them up and ate them. There don't appear to be any repellents that work on horses, they're too smart and also too stupid. They might decide they like the taste of mace, like they like it when you reach out and slap them on the ass instead of moving put of the way like you want them to.

I rebuilt a fence with another group of horses and they left the fence alone, but I guess this one is a little more determined to be a pain in my ass then the others, and I'm pretty sure running an electric fence along it would be out of the question right now given the condition of the fence and how long the thing is.

[Ulfarr]

Had like five customers be rude to me because existing as an autist just pisses them off I guess.  It's borderline daily at this point, and frankly customers just get worse and worse every year I waste in this "career".

I'd go someplace not customer service but HRs' computer algorithm decided no human being should read my resume.  The only escape is the grave.

That settles it then. You should become an undertaker.

[martinuzz]

Or a grave robber

[MrRoboto75]

oof, no five years ditch digging experience for the job that will never put a roof over your head!  Straight to the garbage bin.

[Ulfarr]

Half the customers in retail are braindead so that should count for work experience and hey where we're all going (eventually), we don't need roofs over our heads

[McTraveller]

Turned on my lawn sprinklers, and one of the control valves seems busted

Zone 6 turns on even when it's not supposed to - basically whenever any other zone is active.

Yay for unexpected repair needs.

[hector13]

How big a yard do you have that there are at least six zones?

[dragdeler]

What does it matter if it's still to short to prevent drainage and evaporation   

[McTraveller]

I don't know why the original system had zone 6 installed; it's watering a portion of our lawn that can literally be underwater in the springtime.  Which is why I never run it - and why it was notable that it suddenly started running.

EDIT: I like having a yard. We're in "suburbia" but we have almost an acre.  A good mix of open space and a wooded green-belt.  It does take me about 90 minutes to mow the grass with a 21" diameter push mower, to get an idea of how much grass we have.